Drew Blessing
Control4 Partner at GitLab
Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolDrew Blessing is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience in backend development, Linux/sysadmin, and Ruby on Rails, currently a Senior Software Engineer at GitLab and an independent Control4 Partner building custom smart-home drivers. He combines deep debugging and automation skills from roles in DevOps and support engineering with a habit of shipping practical integrations and tools. Drew is an active open-source-minded technologist who has translated community contributions into a long-term career at GitLab and earlier work on Chef and infrastructure automation. Beyond engineering, he’s invested in education and community impact—serving on the Kearney Public Schools Board, leading a sustainable housing nonprofit, and acting as a novice angel investor focused on people and mission-driven startups. That blend of technical pragmatism, product-focused integration work, and civic leadership makes him adept at turning complex systems and teams into reliable, scalable outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Information Technology, Bachelor of Science, Information Technology at Chadron State College
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Github Skills (20)
rails10
ruby10
gitlab10
gitlab-ci9
gitlab-ce9
nginx9
command-line-tool6
ssh6
gitlab-ci-runner6
mirror6
bitbucket6
docker6
github6
gitlab-omnibus6
git6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
blessinglife/sample-ui-search-container-taglib-portlet
Sep 2012 - Sep 2012
Contributions:4 commits in 1 day
drewblessing/gitlab-cli
Apr 2013 - May 2013
GitLab Command Line Tool - Interact with your GitLab server via the command line to manage snippets, projects and more.
Contributions:9 commits in 25 days
command-linecommand-line-toolgitlab
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